ChasingGuitars
Member
Hi to everyone,
I been a long time reader, but this is my first post to the forum. I am an insane collector and have too many guitars to list. Most interesting readers of this forum is I now own three Guild archtops with the latest one arriving today. I own a 1966 Guild X-175 (built in Hoboken) and a Guild X-160 Rockabilly (Westerly). Today I received a Guild X-500T Blonde (Westerly). Been looking for one for a while and as you all know they are not so easy to find. The seller was a guitar shop on REVERB that said it was a 1995 built in Westerly factory, but I knew buying it that was likely not correct. Nearest I can tell it is a 2001 built in Westerly. The confusion for the seller was likely the spotty serial numbers from 1995. Serial number for this one is AK500066 (just a few away from the one that Gary (GAD) had.
The guitar is in Excellent condition and will need a bit of cleaning and I will likely swap out the strings as I think it has 10s on it. I would prefer 11s and may even put some half rounds on it like I have on my Gibson ES-295.
Pictures for the guitars are on my website.
Guild X-500T:
http://chasingguitars.com/guild-x500t/
Guild X160 Rockabilly:
http://chasingguitars.com/guild-x-160-rockabilly/
Guild X-175:
http://chasingguitars.com/1966-guild-x-175/
I am also a longtime Gretsch fan and own many (mostly modern not vintage).
Hope you like the pictures and if you have anything to share on these it would be very appreciated. Hans? Walter?
BTW, I own and love Hans Moust Book and can't wait for next edition with later Guilds. Love Walter Broes playing and lessons on TrueFire.
Stephen
ChasingGuitars
I been a long time reader, but this is my first post to the forum. I am an insane collector and have too many guitars to list. Most interesting readers of this forum is I now own three Guild archtops with the latest one arriving today. I own a 1966 Guild X-175 (built in Hoboken) and a Guild X-160 Rockabilly (Westerly). Today I received a Guild X-500T Blonde (Westerly). Been looking for one for a while and as you all know they are not so easy to find. The seller was a guitar shop on REVERB that said it was a 1995 built in Westerly factory, but I knew buying it that was likely not correct. Nearest I can tell it is a 2001 built in Westerly. The confusion for the seller was likely the spotty serial numbers from 1995. Serial number for this one is AK500066 (just a few away from the one that Gary (GAD) had.
The guitar is in Excellent condition and will need a bit of cleaning and I will likely swap out the strings as I think it has 10s on it. I would prefer 11s and may even put some half rounds on it like I have on my Gibson ES-295.
Pictures for the guitars are on my website.
Guild X-500T:
http://chasingguitars.com/guild-x500t/
Guild X160 Rockabilly:
http://chasingguitars.com/guild-x-160-rockabilly/
Guild X-175:
http://chasingguitars.com/1966-guild-x-175/
I am also a longtime Gretsch fan and own many (mostly modern not vintage).
Hope you like the pictures and if you have anything to share on these it would be very appreciated. Hans? Walter?
BTW, I own and love Hans Moust Book and can't wait for next edition with later Guilds. Love Walter Broes playing and lessons on TrueFire.
Stephen
ChasingGuitars